On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 09:09:28AM +0000, Sergei Trofimovich wrote: On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 02:22:11 +0100 John Darrington wrote: > --- a/gnu/packages/image.scm > +++ b/gnu/packages/image.scm > @@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ > (sha256 > (base32 "0ylgyx93hnk38haqrh8prd3ax5ngzwvjqw5cxw7p9nxmwsfyrlyq")))) > (build-system gnu-build-system) > + (arguments > + `(#:configure-flags '("LDFLAGS=-lpthread"))) That's libpng-1.6.28, right? I've tried to reproduce the failure on current 'core-updates' master (x86_64-linux). It builds just fine: $ git describe v0.12.0-2306-gf826c8c7e $ ./pre-inst-env guix build libpng --check --no-grafts -K /gnu/store/vis7x2j2lsmwbl5m5w794c23ysqah8xh-libpng-1.6.28 At a glance source code of libpng and it's tests does not contain any pthread calls. Do you have a build log with the failure? I wonder where missing symbols come from. Yes *IT* builds fine. It's just the thing that depend upon it that don't. For example look at the most recent build attempt for pspp. J' -- Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key.